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Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’
Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’
Man
An experimental film through the eyes of a man
The United Monster Talent Agency
A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies.
Nika
An aging model, in a grave desperation, faces a life choice that could redeem or ruin her.
Olympus vacuum
A powerful Argentine political film stands on the figure of an outsider intellectual, Sebreli, but manages to transcend it, he becomes a touchstone to go through Argentina and its dilemmas, through this country that is proud of almost everything it should be ashamed of. From national icons like Gardel, Evita, Che, and Maradona the film dialogs with recent Argentine history and it does so with extraordinary energy, supported by a rarely seen use of all kinds of archive material in an almost Dionysian state of sampleadelia. The film arrives to a surprising reflection on nationalism, demagogic governments and delusions of unanimity; problems that are common to emerging societies that cannot find their ways to a freer and more egalitarian society.
When We Were Us
Two people watch their past relationship unfold in front of them from start to finish.
Soorya Gayathri
Married at 17 and widowed at 20, Dr. Balasubrahmaniam lives with his teenage son. Son does not want to follow his father into medicine and joins an engineering college. He is killed accidentally by some seniors during ragging. The grief-stricken father tries to avenge his son's death.
Flow
A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.
Restless Souls
A young couple and their daughter move into a rambling old house. Soon, an increasingly alarming string of events and supernatural disturbances connects the house, and them, with a series of unsolved murders committed three years earlier. They are the only living witnesses, but for how long?
Feet Is Feet: A Phable
A woman buys a new pair of shoes under the watchful eye of her husband. She takes them much too small for her and suffers all day long.
Bend Sinister
A short avant-garde film by Paul Clipson.
Through The Stars
Under the cover of darkness, a teenage girl attempts to escape her tormented reality, determined to find her missing father with the help of her best friend and a mysterious device.
Girl Gone Bad
The documentary film GIRL GONE BAD is a wild ride into the extraordinary world of female motorcyclists, an amazing group of women few people know anything about, with hard-core biker Dusty, a native-born Apache, ex-felon, ex-go-go dancer, and a single mother of three as our guide.
$POSITIONS
Blue-collar Kansan Mike Alvarado attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies. However, as his investment strategy decays into a full-blown gambling addiction, he sends his life into a nightmarish anxiety-inducing downward spiral, compromising his relationships with his girlfriend, his mentally disabled brother, and his recovering junkie cousin.
Eine wie diese
Bremen 1974: Siggi Thieme, 22, is in a hurry to leave the typing pool where she works as a secretary: she has to go for a job interview. Her dream is to become a detective inspector. The law has finally lifted the barrier that prevented her from entering this profession. She hasn't told her family or her fiancé Jürgen about her application because she rightly fears a headwind.
Dashain
While an opulent Dashain arrives at Hakimsaab's house, Bhaire, his neighbor and employee, struggles to afford even the basic necessities for his family. This film shows the divergence within the same festival, serving as a callous reminder of the stark differences between socio-economic classes in Nepal.
Swedes in America
1943 documentary with Ingrid Bergman.
Dead Kansas
In a post-apocalyptic land consumed by "Rottens", a simple farmer and his teenage daughter struggle to survive. Meanwhile, an unruly gang make a plan to kidnap and sell the daughter for their own selfish profit.
Lucebert
Van der Keuken follows the creative process of Lucebert, a Dutch painter annex poet. Episode four of four in a series for the VPRO.